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Victory! Mississippi Supreme Court Rules That Lesbian Spouses Are Both Legal Parents to Their Marital Children

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By Lambda Legal

April 5, 2018

Today, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that married same-sex couples should have the same parenting rights as different sex couples in a Lambda Legal case on behalf of Chris Strickland, a non-biological lesbian mother who was denied legal parentage for children she and her now ex-wife planned for and raised together.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships, Mississippi
When Visibility Is Not A Choice

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By Alexis Paige

March 30, 2018

What happens when people are forced to be visible because their birth assigned sex on legal identity documents does not match their gender identity?

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, Ohio
New White House Transgender Ban Implementation Plan Solves Nothing

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By Lambda Legal

March 23, 2018

The White House today released the proposed plan to implement the discriminatory transgender military ban that President Trump called for in a series of tweets in July.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights, Washington
Lambda Legal Reaches Favorable Settlement for Passion Star, Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted in Texas Men's Prisons

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By Lambda Legal

March 15, 2018

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Criminal Justice, Transgender Rights
Oregon Courts Are Right To Reject Religious License to Discriminate

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By Lambda Legal

March 15, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the Oregon Supreme Court to deny a petition from the former owners of an Oregon bakery seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that they violated Oregon's anti-discrimination law in 2013 when they refused to sell a wedding cake to a lesbian couple because they claimed it was against their religion.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships, Oregon
VICTORY: Second Federal Appeals Court Rules You Can't Be Fired for Being Queer

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By Lambda Legal

February 26, 2018

Today, in a 10-3 decision, the full Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin and religion.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, New York
Hawai'i Appeals Court Rejects Religious Justification for B&B that Refused Room to Lesbian Couple

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By Lambda Legal

February 23, 2018

The Intermediate Court of Appeals of the State of Hawai`i affirmed a lower court ruling against a Hawai`i bed and breakfast that denied a room to a lesbian couple because of their sexual orientation.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Discrimination, Hawaii
Lambda Legal: Senate Judiciary Committee Forces Through Yet Another Anti-LGBT Nominee, Howard Nielson

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By Lambda Legal

February 8, 2018

Today, Sharon McGowan, Director of Strategy at Lambda Legal, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s party-line vote to approve Howard Nielson, yet another Trump nominee with a significant history of anti-LGBT advocacy:

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project
Trump’s Assault on LGBT Rights Continues with Latest Judicial Nominee

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By Lambda Legal

January 10, 2018

LGBT Legal Advocacy Organization Brings Together 15 National, State and Local LGBT Rights Organizations in Letter Detailing Howard Nielson’s Homophobic Record including his “Trump-ian” Attack on Gay Federal Judge

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
Oregon Court Rules Against Bakery That Refused to Bake Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple

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By

December 28, 2017

It's a decision that is both critically important and completely unsurprising.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, public accommodations, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Oregon

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Victory! Mississippi Supreme Court Rules That Lesbian Spouses Are Both Legal Parents to Their Marital Children

20160905_164946.jpg

When Visibility Is Not A Choice

alexis_3.png

New White House Transgender Ban Implementation Plan Solves Nothing

3_clients.png

Lambda Legal Reaches Favorable Settlement for Passion Star, Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted in Texas Men's Prisons

passion.png

Oregon Courts Are Right To Reject Religious License to Discriminate

sweetcakes.png

VICTORY: Second Federal Appeals Court Rules You Can't Be Fired for Being Queer

zarda.jpg

Hawai'i Appeals Court Rejects Religious Justification for B&B that Refused Room to Lesbian Couple

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Lambda Legal: Senate Judiciary Committee Forces Through Yet Another Anti-LGBT Nominee, Howard Nielson

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Trump’s Assault on LGBT Rights Continues with Latest Judicial Nominee

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Oregon Court Rules Against Bakery That Refused to Bake Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple

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